This year's protest will focus on RU-486, which Campaign Life
Coalition organizers call the "chemical abortion pill," and which is currently under review at Health Canada.

Back in the Chamber, while the official to-do list includes two relatively
non-contentious pieces of legislation dealing with air security and offshore
safety. the government may open a new front in the ongoing battle over the
now-amended election law rewrite bill by introducing a motion to set a deadline
for a final vote.

Report stage debate on the bill officially got underway yesterday afternoon,
albeit not before the New Democrats were able to demonstrate their continuing
opposition to the bill with their signature slow-voting protest tactic.

That, it seems, was enough to prompt Government House Leader Peter
Van Loan to serve formal notice of his intention to bring down the time
allocation hammer, which he can do at any point, but will likely want to get out
of the way sooner rather than later.

When that report stage vote arrives, it will likely keep MPs on their feet
for several hours --- even after the speaker tossed out a handful of substantive
amendments put forward by Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and grouped the
remaining motions for ease of passage, it will still require 16 votes to get the
bill through to third reading.

On the committee front, Justice Minister Peter MacKayis scheduled to appear at Justice, where
he'll almost certainly find himself under fire over his -- and his boss's --
comments on the Supreme Court and the Nadon decision.

Over at Health, MPs continue to weigh the "risks and harms" of marijuana, with
today's witnesses to include representatives from the Federation of
Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada, as well as a trio of
University of Toronto psychiatry professors.

Later today, Cotler will join fellow MPs Rob Anders
and Helene Laverdiere to show their support for
Venezuelan congresswoman Marina Corina Machado, will will share more details on
her ongoing visit to Canada.

UPDATE: According to an NDP spokewoman, Laverdiere will not be attending the event -- her name was apparently added in error.

New Democrat MP Alex Atamanenko outlines his private
members' bid to, as the advisory explains, "restrict the slaughter of horses to
only those raised primarily for human consumption and which carry a lifetime
medication history."

Canadian Psychological Association CEO Karen Cohen teams up
with the local organizers behind Ottawa's Defeat Depression to
call on MPs and senators to show their support for planned events set to take
place "across the country" on May 10th.

This afternoon, House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer will
open his parliamentary salon for a reception to honour the 2014 Governor
General's Performing Arts Award recipients.

Outside the precinct, Governor General David Johnston will
be on hand to greet the Soldier On Afghanistan Relay team as they arrive in
Gatineau in advance of Friday's commemoration ceremonies.

On the opposition front, New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair
heads to Montreal to deliver the keynote address to delegates at the annual
convention of the Canadian Labour Congress.

Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicks off a western
mini-tour with a stop at the Okotoks Elks Club, where he'll meet up with Dustin
Fuller, his party's candidate-in-waiting for the looming Macleod by-election,
and deliver "brief remarks" to campaign volunteers.

Finally, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May drops by the
University of Ottawa, where she's set to speak at an early evening "launch
event" for Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada.

For up to the minute dispatches from the precinct and beyond, keep your
eye on the Parliament Hill Ticker below -- or, alternatively, bookmark
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